Anticapitalist Left (Belgium)

Belgian political party

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The Anticapitalist Left (French: Gauche anticapitaliste, GA), also known as Current for an Anticapitalist Project (Dutch: Stroming voor een Anticapitalistisch Project, SAP), is a Belgian Trotskyist political party. It is the Belgian section of the Fourth International. In the 2010 election, Front des gauches (CP, LCR, PSL and PH) received 1.15% of votes for the Senat.

The party was long led by Ernest Mandel. It publishes La Gauche and Rood.

## History

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In May 1971, former members of the Confédération socialiste des travailleurs[a] founded the Ligue révolutionnaire des travailleurs (LRT) (Dutch: Revolutionnaire arbeidersliga (RAL)) as the Belgian section of the Fourth International.[1]

In February 1984, at its seventh congress, the LRT changed its name to Parti ouvrier socialiste (POS) (Dutch: Socialistische arbeiderspartij (SAP)). At the end of 2005, the POS decided to change its French name to the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire (LCR).

On 9 October 2017, the LCR decided to partially change its name in French to the Gauche anticapitaliste, while its Dutch name became Stroming voor een Antikapitalistisch Project (SAP).[2]

## Electoral results

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### Federal Parliament

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#### Chamber of Representatives

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Election year  | # of overall votes  | % of overall vote  | % of language
group vote  | # of overall seats won  | # of language
group seats won  | +/-  | Notes

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1987 | 31,446  | 0.5  |

0 / 212

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1991 | 5,243  | 0.1  |

0 / 212

|  0  |

#### Senate

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Election year  | # of overall votes  | % of overall vote  | % of language
group vote  | # of overall seats won  | # of language
group seats won  | +/-  | Notes

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1987 | 32,187  | 0.5  |

0 / 70

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1991 | 6,485  | 0.1  |

0 / 70

|  0  |

## Notes

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1. ^ Created from the merger of the Parti wallon des travailleurs and the Union de la gauche socialiste

## References

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1. ^ Abramowicz, Manuel [in French] (2004). La gauche radicale en Belgique francophone (1963-2004) – Impact électoral, politique et social (in French). FOPES-UCLouvain (Faculté ouverte en politique économique et sociale).
2. ^ "Ga mee voor een antikapitalistisch project". SAP antikapitalisten (in Flemish). 2017-10-08.

## External links

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* Official website Socialistische Arbeiderspartij (in Dutch)
* Official website Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (in French)

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